Fw: Time zone Update Suse 8.1 SURPRIZE SURPRIZE

[sgoldman at MIT.EDU (stephen goldman)]

Hello Dan,
    Thanks for your time-

The host info is below and is still an hour off.          it is a client of 
the NTP server
Thu Mar 22 13:57:04 UTC 2007

The clock appears to be reading UTC, but the config stays localtime. This 
machine (www) is a client of (overlord).

THIS  IS WWW

Thu Mar 22 13:57:04 UTC 2007

www:/etc/sysconfig # more clock
#
# Set to "-u" if your system clock is set to UTC, and to "--localtime"
# if your clock runs that way.
#
HWCLOCK="--localtime"
#HWCLOCK="utc"

#
# Timezone (e.g. CET)
# (this will set /usr/lib/zoneinfo/localtime)
#
TIMEZONE="America/New_York"
#TIMEZONE="US/Eastern"
DEFAULT_TIMEZONE="America/New_York"
#DEFAULT_TIMEZONE="US/Pacific"
www:/etc/sysconfig # cd /
www:/ # zdump -v America/New_York | grep 2007
America/New_York  Sun Mar 11 06:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 01:59:59 2007 
EST isdst=0 gmtoff=-18000
America/New_York  Sun Mar 11 07:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Mar 11 03:00:00 2007 
EDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-14400
America/New_York  Sun Nov  4 05:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Nov  4 01:59:59 2007 
EDT isdst=1 gmtoff=-14400
America/New_York  Sun Nov  4 06:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Nov  4 01:00:00 2007 
EST isdst=0 gmtoff=-18000
www:/ #

THIS IS OVERLORD

{This is the time server: Host overlord }

overlord:/etc/sysconfig # more clock
#
# Set to "-u" if your system clock is set to GMT, and to "--localtime"
# if your clock runs that way.
#
GMT="--localtime"                                               AM I LEAVING 
THIS ALONE?

#
# Timezone (e.g. CET)
# (this will set /usr/lib/zoneinfo/localtime)
#
TIMEZONE="US/Eastern"                        After I install the patch will 
convert to                       DEFAULT_TIMEZONE="America/New_York"
DEFAULT_TIMEZONE="US/Pacific" 
DEFAULT_TIMEZONE="America/New_York"
overlord:/etc/sysconfig #  date
Thu Mar 22 14:01:42 EST 2007

( not my systems - not sure why set to default timezone pacific)



ntp.conf  file
## Outside source of synchronized time
##
## server xx.xx.xx.xx           # IP address of server
server tick.usno.navy.mil
server bonehed.lcs.mit.edu
server wwv.otc.psu.edu



        zdump -v localtime            of client and server

Thu Mar 22 14:05:42 UTC 2007
www:/ # zdump -v localtime
localtime  Fri Dec 13 20:45:52 1901 UTC = Fri Dec 13 20:45:52 1901 localtime 
isdst=0 gmtoff=0
localtime  Sat Dec 14 20:45:52 1901 UTC = Sat Dec 14 20:45:52 1901 localtime 
isdst=0 gmtoff=0
localtime  Mon Jan 18 03:14:07 2038 UTC = Mon Jan 18 03:14:07 2038 localtime 
isdst=0 gmtoff=0
localtime  Tue Jan 19 03:14:07 2038 UTC = Tue Jan 19 03:14:07 2038 localtime 
isdst=0 gmtoff=0


Thu Mar 22 14:13:05 EST 2007
overlord:/etc # zdump -v localtime
localtime  Fri Dec 13 20:45:52 1901 UTC = Fri Dec 13 20:45:52 1901 localtime 
isdst=0 gmtoff=0
localtime  Sat Dec 14 20:45:52 1901 UTC = Sat Dec 14 20:45:52 1901 localtime 
isdst=0 gmtoff=0
localtime  Mon Jan 18 03:14:07 2038 UTC = Mon Jan 18 03:14:07 2038 localtime 
isdst=0 gmtoff=0
localtime  Tue Jan 19 03:14:07 2038 UTC = Tue Jan 19 03:14:07 2038 localtime 
isdst=0 gmtoff=0
overlord:/etc # zdump -v localtime | grep 2007








> No, you need both set to America/New_York. You updated that one,
> not US/Eastern.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Ritter" <dsr at tao.merseine.nu>
To: "stephen goldman" <sgoldman at mit.edu>
Cc: <dsr-copies at tao.merseine.nu>; <discuss at blu.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Time zone Update Suse 8.1 SURPRIZE SURPRIZE


> On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 02:31:05PM -0400, stephen goldman wrote:
>>    Modified it (see below) -  The clock is off an hour-
>>    The time stated UTC but the config file says it's local time. Tried
>> switching the HWCLOCK to UTC  ??
>
> Yes, there's no good reason to run a hwclock in local time
> unless it's a dual-boot with Windows.
>
>> Close at this point - I found  the NTP.conf file that is the time server
>> for this machine. It has not been touched yet !
>
> NTP always deals with UTC, leaves zone conversion up to the
> client.
>
>> #
>> TIMEZONE="US/Eastern"
>> DEFAULT_TIMEZONE="America/New_York"
>> #DEFAULT_TIMEZONE="US/Pacific"
>
> No, you need both set to America/New_York. You updated that one,
> not US/Eastern.
>
>> >/etc/sysconfig/clock:
>> >TIMEZONE="America/New_York"
>> >DEFAULT_TIMEZONE="America/New_York"
>
> Then run this:
>
> /etc/init.d/boot.clock start
>
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